Superman - Up and Away for Reboot

Henry Cavill. Photo © WWD/Condé Nast/Corbis

Behold, a new hero hath been chosen to play Superman, in the form of one Henry Cavill, reports Variety. What's more, a release date of December 2012 has been decided, moving the production cogs along quite nicely, thank you very much. 

What do you think of the choice? Is Henry Cavill your Superman?

The Week in Movie News

It's been a relatively big week for movie news if one takes the time to ponder it. Luckily for you, we do.

                                                        At Sundance
One of the strangest things about Sundance is the tendency for filmmakers and actors alike to unapolagetically rug up like they're in the North Pole. Well, it's Park City Utah in January, so close.In actual news, 2011 feature Win Win, Directed by Tom McCarthy and starring Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan has been receiving absolute rave reviews. The concept of a financially-bereft married couple helping out an ailing wrestling team to get their shit together sounds interesting and just offbeat enough to wow Sundance audiences like Juno and Little Miss Sunshine did before it. We're sure it's a fantastic movie and we are going to see it, but there is a bias here. Paul Giamatti, unfailingly talented though he is, makes us squirm.

Take a gander at the clip below and tell us what you think:

                                                        In the News
Earlier this week, Sir Peter Jackson was taken to hospital for treatment of a perforated ulcer. Let's hope the award-winning director and screenwriter makes a full recovery and is back in the wilds of New Zealand before long, ready to take the reins and begin principal photography on The Hobbit. See various accounts of his condition here (The LA Times) http://lat.ms/gFe6le and here (Empire) http://bit.ly/fYNRHf.

Matamata, New Zealand: Lord of the Rings country. Photo Copyright Airflore, 2009.

A number of sources have also confirmed that The Lovely Bones actress Saoirse Ronan has officially joined the cast of The Hobbit. A Jackson favourite and an obvious rising star, she will play Itaril, a sylvan elf and member of the Woodland Guard. Hey, if IMDb says it, it must be true. See her before the people with the hairy feet hit the silver screen again in Violet & Daisy, a film about teenage assassins and a plan gone awry.

In more gossipy tones: let us take a brief moment to say what the what, Charlie Sheen. Remember this? 

Charlie Sheen (middle) on the set of Platoon, ca. 1986. Photo Copyright CORBIS.

News from Vulture this morning is that Mr. Sheen is in rehab and Two and a Half Men is currently suspended from production (read the full scoop here: http://bit.ly/hxGbeL). Get well, Charlie Sheen, and then talk to Oliver Stone about another movie. Both of your careers could do with a jump start.

                                                           On the YouTubes

The new dramedy Beginners starring Ewan McGregor, Mélanie Laurent, and Christopher Plummer has a trailer out. Exciting? Yes. Had we heard anything about this previously? No. But then, if it's not simple ignorance obscuring our view, these are the best sort of surprises. 

Also, check out the trailer for new mystery film Cold Weather, directed by Aaron Katz and featured as an offical selection for SXSW 2010. The film finally sees its theatrical release on 4 February 2011 in the U.S., but no word as of yet on an Australian release date.

 

At the opposite end of the spectrum, you can go to the Apple site and view the trailer for the new Justin Bieber reality 'film' Never Say Never in four languages. 'Cos one would be insufficient and downright inexcusable.

DVD Review: Boy

Writer-Actor-Director Taika Waititi has a very good sense of humour, just one of his extremely admirable qualities . Really, naming one of the prominent supporting characters Chardonnay takes guts and a cheerful willingness to poke fun at yourself, as well as your country. If anyone half as talented makes a similarly-themed film about life on the Gold Coast, here's hoping they choose the name Mercedes.

Boy was a huge success in New Zealand last year, becoming the highest grossing New Zealand film of all time. The premiere of the film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival gained the film the extra buzz it needed to make it outside the mother land: fitting, considering writer Taika Waititi gained momentum in his Boy process at Sundance in 2005 - picked to workshop his script and develop it further, this, as they say on reality TV, was the beginning of his journey. 

Boy (newcomer James Rolleston) is only 11 and he lives with his Nan (Mavis Paenga), younger brother Rocky (Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu) and his cousins in Waihau Bay, all left in the care of Nan.

Their father, Alamein (Taika Waititi) is a small time crook, wannabe gangster, and apparently attended the Ozzy Osbourne school of parenting. He returns, fresh out of prison with two members of the Crazy Horses gang (Chuppa and Juju - you've got to love those names) in a stolen, beat-up car . Boy asks if they'd like a cup of tea. They say sure. Cut to the next shot of the three Crazy Horses, still sitting in the car, slurping out of large cups of tea. Films need scenes like this one to set up the humour, to let the viewer know that although this is in part a serious film that makes a comment on society, it also knows how to have a blast.  

Boy looks at both the specifics and the broader themes of growing up and being a boy in New Zealand. At times, it seems like a harsh, bleak environment. Alamein is only around to dig up the neighbouring pasture for stolen money: metaphorically, he's out of there before he's even arrived. His half-arse attempts at getting to know his 11-year-old son and understand Rocky (the stranger, sweeter, and more artistic of the two boys) come off as trite and self-serving. He's a bad influence and the funny thing is that it's the kids, left alone for a week while Nan attends a funeral in a distant part of the country, who figure it out his game so quickly. 

Everything about this film makes sense, from the brilliant comedic writing, to the at times vibrant colour palette of the cinematography, to the interspersed Michael Jackson music videos in Boy's head, where his father is the star of all his boyhood adventure fantasies. Boy will make you laugh; in one particularly shocking moment, it will make you grip the edge of your seat. Furthermore, it will make you want to call every mildly annoying person an igg. We mean, egg. 

Boy is out on DVD Australia-wide now. 

The Oscar Nominations 2011: Let the facepalming commence

Colin Firth and wife on the red carpet for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards. Photo © Capital M

Is it too harsh to wonder aloud if the bright, shining individuals who comprise the Oscar community were all popping the same prescription meds this year?  Meds that give you tunnel vision and a robot-like sense of what conforms to the Oscar mould? Release the bionic arms!

Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in Biutiful
Jeff Bridges in True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
James Franco in 127 Hours 
Our bet is on veterans Colin Firth or Jeff Bridges. James Franco is the underdog for this nomination pool, given his consistent tendency to choose terrible movies, but it would be a coup.

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in The Fighter
John Hawkes in Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner in The Town
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech 
It's extremely pleasing to see Mark Ruffalo nominated for one of his less serious roles, in which he was charming and realistically flawed. Oscar, have you developed a sense of humour or simply choked on your false teeth? No complaints here.

Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine 

Natalie Portman, while divine, has been good in movies before. Jen Lindley, *ahem* Michelle Williams, has made such a transformation in her career over the past few years. She is convincing and vulnerable in Derek Cianfrance's tale of modern un-romance. 

 
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech
Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom 
Have you seen Animal Kingdom? Jacki Weaver all the way. Hailee Steinfeld's got years to garner praise and we've no doubt she and Oscar will be reunited again.

Animated Feature Film  
How to Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois 
The Illusionist Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich 
You can come over here and threaten to administer floggings, but we will not endorse anything that involves Tim the Toolman for the Big One. How to Train Your Dragon is by far superior. 
 
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Inception
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King's Speech
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr 
True Grit
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh 
Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. These two are very much a part of building the world of Harry Potter; a nod for their achievement on this film is as much a nod to the previous six films as anything. The studios are being made into a museum on completion of the franchise, so that should tell you something.

Cinematography
Black Swan Matthew Libatique
Inception Wally Pfister
The King's Speech Danny Cohen
The Social Network Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit Roger Deakins 
For a film that is unsurpassed in its visual beauty, there is little competition in 2010 for Inception.

Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland Colleen Atwood
I Am Love Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech Jenny Beavan
The Tempest Sandy Powell
True Grit Mary Zophres  
The one and only category in which Alice in Wonderland doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. We can all agree the costuming in this was nothing short of superb and surreal. 

Directing
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter David O. Russell
The King's Speech Tom Hooper
The Social Network David Fincher
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
The young actors under Fincher's tutelage responded admirably and dug into their roles to produce a convincing, dual-faced story that dealt with both human and technological coming-of-age threads. The Social Network is a film for our times.
 
Documentary (Feature)
Exit through the Gift Shop Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Inside Job Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs 
Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley 
All hail lord Banksy. Between this and The Simpsons opening credits, it's been a good year.    
 
Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
“Poster Girl” Nominees to be determined
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
We'll have to see some of these before commenting.

Film Editing  
Black Swan Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter Pamela Martin
The King's Speech Tariq Anwar
127 Hours Jon Harris
The Social Network Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter 
Cutting away from the shot at just the right moment can elicit a myriad of responses from the audience: gasping, laughter, lip-biting, absolute stillness. This category has to be between The Social Network and Black Swan. 
 
Foreign Language Film
Biutiful Mexico
Dogtooth Greece
In a Better World Denmark
Incendies Canada
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria  
We hope Fincher at least feels conflicted about the obvious omission of the second and third films in the Millennium trilogy.

Makeup
Barney's Version Adrien Morot
The Way Back Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman Rick Baker and Dave Elsey 
We had all but forgotten about The Wolfman, but this is a pleasing reminder.
 
Music (Original Score)
How to Train Your Dragon John Powell
Inception Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours A.R. Rahman
The Social Network Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 
Call it n aiveté, but we thought the score for Inception sounded remakably similar to that of The Dark Knight. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed a very creative, appropriate score for The Social Network and continue the rise of musicians-as-composers that Carter Burwell began with Twilight.
 
Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from Country Strong Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from Tangled Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from 127 Hours Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 Music and Lyric by Randy Newman 
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo! It cannot be said enough that Dido is uneccessary to daily proceedings. 
 
Best Picture
Black Swan Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
The Fighter David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
Inception Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
The Kids Are All Right Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
The King's Speech Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
127 Hours Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
The Social Network Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson, Producer
True Grit Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Winter's Bone Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers 
Black Swan or Inception. Feel free to disagree, but Best Picture should be handed out for achievements on a grand scale.
 
Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois
Congratulations to all of the nominees here, but our appendages are crossed for Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann.
 
Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing
Inception Richard King 

Toy Story 3 Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable Mark P. Stoeckinger 

Inception has to win here and not just for the spinning top at the end, either. It's strange that Tron would be included in this category. Sure, the score by Daft Punk rocked the cinema and complemented the film, but we're not sure how much the sound editing influenced the overall impact of the film on audiences.

Sound Mixing
Inception Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King's Speech Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland 
In a film that relies heavily on a carefully nuanced soundscape, the mix is crazy important. The King's Speech for el Presidente.
 
Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
As much as it pains us to admit (and in the only category it has a clear shot at winning), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 may find a tough competitor in Inception this year.

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
127 Hours Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini 
The Social Newtork, for making so much more of the source material and writing Jesse Eisenberg some real zingers. 
 
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Another Year Written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception Written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech Screenplay by David Seidler  
Well, our votes are going to The Kids Are All Right for incisive, naturalistic comedy and Inception for pure imagination. Going to sleep inside Chistopher Nolan's head would be weird and fantastic. Seeing as though that's not possible, we all just watched Inception.

Phew! Thoughts? Comments? Would any of you care to throw a shoe and curse us to oblivion? The 2011 Oscar Awards will air live from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on the 27th of February, 2011. 

Good night and good luck.  

Schooled: what we learned from a film today

"Golly gosh this is a bore!" - "Oh yes?" - "Yes, it's Mona Lisa Smile."

The Picture in Question: Mona Lisa Smile

In 2003's Mona Lisa Smile, Julia Roberts tells her students that Vincent Van Gogh never sold a painting during his lifetime, only posthumously. The interwebs is giving extremely varied results on the accuracy of this claim. Can any art afficionados confirm or deny the truth in this bold piece of scriptwriting?

The Weekend Wrap-Up

Paul Rudd tries out his hipster disguise in Brooklyn.

                                                      At Sundance

Amongst other things, My Idiot Brother starring Zooey Deschanel, Paul Rudd, and Elizabeth Banks was picked up for distribution by The Weinstein Company. The source? We'd never call her a horse and it did come directly from her mouth, but she tweeted the news just a few hours ago from the festival. Follow her on @therealzooeyd. Currently there's no trailer floating around online, but it can be seen ahead of Morning Glory in Australian cinemas right now. This 2011 (exact date still TBC) indie release looks very promising. 

                                                  At the Box Office

No Strings Attached, the new friends with benefits rom-com topped the top of the tip of the Box Office on opening weekend, grossing 20.3 million. We're still dubious as to the discernible benefits of being Ashton Kutcher's anything, but could be convinced to endure his frat-boy behaviour if he bought us an iPad to watch the pretty pretty trailers on. Myyy preciousssss. 

                                                        On the Tube
TV spots for new Australian thriller of the deep Sanctum started airing with big ol' 'Jim Cameron' references. Sorry Mr. Worthington, we had to do it. Sincerely hoping that some blatant name dropping does the trick and gets bums on seats, but also crossing our fingers that the whole production isn't sucked into the giant sink hole that is Mr. Cameron's ego. Not that the TV spot or the trailer will tell you, but the Director is Alister Grierson. Enjoy the trailer here:

The BAFTA Nomination Highlights

Noomi Rapace on the Red Carpet, 2010. Photo © Matteo Mignani

The problem with the awards season: repetition. In deference to your continued, lively existence, here are the highlights where awards honchos have thought outside the small, cardboard box their minds are currently calling home. 

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

THE ARBOR - Director, Producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP - Director, Producer – Banksy, Jaimie D’Cruz

FOUR LIONS - Director/Writer - Chris Morris

MONSTERS - Director/Writer – Gareth Edwards

SKELETONS - Director/Writer – Nick Whitfield Monsters,  one of the best, yet least-known films of 2010 gets a nod for writing. Not bad for a debut feature. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Aaron Sorkin TOY STORY 3 - Michael Arndt TRUE GRIT - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Three cheers for Sweden! Sure, Hollywood, so far you've ignored The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in awards season, but you still managed to snag the rights to produce a pointless remake. We don't care if David Fincher is David Fincher. As far as gritty Swedish film is concerned, he may as well have started out bucket-drumming with Tracey Jordan. The Americanised version will inspire rage in all of those who loved the books, loved the movies, and can be bothered to read subtitles.  FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BIUTIFUL - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev I AM LOVE - Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante OF GODS AND MEN - Xavier Beauvois THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES - Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella It's probably childish to say booyah, right?  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will have at least a modest amount of success at the BAFTAs, primarily because Brits don't think they can see Sweden/Russia from their house. LEADING ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING - The Kids Are All Right JULIANNE MOORE - The Kids Are All Right NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan NOOMI RAPACE - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo HAILEE STEINFELD - True Grit All of these women: extremely deserving.  We can sum up by saying that overall, the BAFTAs are a hair better than the Globes in terms of nomination variety. The fact that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I has again been majorly overlooked in all categories except for Special Effects and Hair and Makeup (the second, rather puzzling really) is predictably disappointing. It would be nice, before the series is out, to recognise the enormous change and improvement the actors have made since their start. Or, perhaps the contribution of a career that David Heyman has put in as Producer on the series. For the full list of nominees, please see the BAFTAs web site: http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/2011-film-awards,1572,BA.html

Trailer Trash Tuesday

We've scoured the internet this fine Tuesday to bring you a mix of the most pitiful trailers that have appeared online this week. 

No Strings Attached

Really? Can someone please cut the strings on my parachute before I expire from boredom. ZzzzzzZzZZZZZzzzzzzzz. Zzzz. 

Bereavement

Oh sure, I feel bereaved after watching this. Aside from some great work from the DoP, the trailer for this new horror movie? Horrifyingly underwhelming.

Immigration Tango

Okay, who can't relate to the lamest rom-com since Valentine's Day? Immigration, the law, vaguely attractive people. Paaaaassssss. 

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - new photo

Suddenly wondering who feeds sensationalist journalistic practices? Us too: our educated guess is now going to the movie studios. Summit, you're a bunch of sell-outs. How about a shot of your two young stars in the picturesque, Canadian wilderness? No? 

Okay then, we guess you went with the dodgy looking glamour shot. For shame.

Photo: Summit Entertainment

The Golden Globe Awards 2011: And the winners are...

© Stephane Cardinale/People Avenue/Corbis

The speeches, the tears, the fancy penguin suits: what's not to love about awards season? Perhaps the best thing thus far might be Natalie Portman's hormones wreaking havoc with her ability to make a semi-normal speech. Cue the slightly odd references to getting knocked up, the circle of life, and that dorky laugh. Oh Nat, we love you. You're human!


Best Motion Picture – Drama

The Social Network 
Yesssssssssss! Must watch again, pronto.Slightly disappointed Justin Timberlake didn't get a nod for his supporting role in the film: he pulls of creepy narcissist extremely well.

Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama

Natalie Portman - Black Swan 

Hear hear! For your viewing pleasure:

Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama

Colin Firth - The King's Speech 
And all is right in the world.

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
The Kids Are All Right

Rarely have predictions been so right.

 
Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right 
These guys really cleaned up. 
 
Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Paul Giamatti - Barney's Version 

Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3 
In the words of Liz Lemon: Oh bleurgh!

Best Foreign Language Film
In A Better World (Denmark) 

Best Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Melissa Leo - The Fighter 

Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Motion Picture
Christian Bale - The Fighter 

Best Director – Motion Picture
David Fincher - The Social Network 
Touche. This may go down as Fincher's greatest work, though from the looks of him, there's plenty more to come. 

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network 

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - The Social Network 
So. Many. Wins. I sense some vague sporting terminology coming on....nope. Gone.

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
“You Haven't Seen the Last of Me” — Burlesque, music & lyrics by Diane Warren 

TELEVISION AWARDS

Best television series - drama
Boardwalk Empire (HBO) 

Highly disappointing. There's only so much watery-eyed Steve Buscemi a television set can handle. Bring back the thrilling days of radio.

Best performance by an actress in a television series - drama
Katey Sagal - Sons of Anarchy 

Best performance by an actor in a television series - drama
Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire 

Best television series - comedy or musical
Glee (FOX) 
Really? Season 1, perhaps, but this year? Definitely not as strong.

Best performance by an actress in a television series - comedy or musical
Laura Linney - The Big C 
We're as yet uninitiated on this one, but this seems right. Linney rarely fails to deliver, given a decent script.

Best performance by an actor in a television series - comedy or musical
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory 

Best mini-series or motion picture made for television
Carlos (The Sundance Channel) 

Best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Claire Danes - Temple Grandin 

Best performance by an actor in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Al Pacino - You Don't Know Jack 

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Jane Lynch - Glee 

2010 was a great year for Lynch: it seems a fitting tribute.

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a mini-series or motion picture made for television
Chris Colfer - Glee
This is absolutely right. Great, dramatic story lines brought out a nuanced, well-executed performance.


For witty, midly inappropriate red carpet fashion coverage ala Melissa and Joan Rivers (but with the girls from Go Fug Yourself), please head to NY Mag: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/01/the_fug_girls_live-blog_the_go.html


For the red carpet slideshow, head here to NY Mag: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/01/see_all_the_red-carpet_looks_f.html

The Golden Globe Awards 2011: Part 2

This says it all, really. Photo Copyright Gage Skidmore, 2010.

Surprisingly enough, it's the Television segment we're more interested in this year. There was, actually, a ridiculous amount of quality television being produced in 2010.That's not to say that all of it was nominated.

TELEVISION AWARDS

 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO)

DEXTER (SHOWTIME)

THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)

MAD MEN (AMC)

THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) 

Our Vote: Dexter. Still the most surprising, psychologically challenging TV series on air.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

JULIANNA MARGULIES THE GOOD WIFE

ELISABETH MOSS MAD MEN

PIPER PERABO COVERT AFFAIRS

KATEY SAGAL SONS OF ANARCHY

KYRA SEDGWICK THE CLOSER 

Our vote: Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife. She's a strong, female lead and no-one from Dexter was nominated.  

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

STEVE BUSCEMI BOARDWALK EMPIRE

BRYAN CRANSTON BREAKING BAD

MICHAEL C. HALL DEXTER

JON HAMM MAD MEN

HUGH LAURIE HOUSE 

Our vote: Bryan Cranston for Breaking Bad. What a perfect example of how someone who was almost destined to be typecast after Malcolm in the Middle really broke out.  

 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

30 ROCK (NBC)

THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS)

THE BIG C (SHOWTIME)

GLEE (FOX)

MODERN FAMILY (ABC)

NURSE JACKIE (SHOWTIME) 

Our vote:  Um, why do comedy and musical have to go in the same category? All that aside, 30 Rock, obviously. 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –COMEDY OR MUSICAL

TONI COLLETTE UNITED STATES OF TARA

EDIE FALCO NURSE JACKIE

TINA FEY 30 ROCK

LAURA LINNEY THE BIG C

LEA MICHELE GLEE 

Our vote:  Tina, we love you, but Toni Collette is all sorts of brilliant in The United States of Tara.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

ALEC BALDWIN 30 ROCK

STEVE CARELL THE OFFICE

THOMAS JANE HUNG

MATTHEW MORRISON GLEE

JIM PARSONS THE BIG BANG THEORY 

Our vote: 3O Rock has offered Alec Baldwin the chance to explore a facet of his career we never knew existed. He may be the best thing about the show, second only to Tina Fey and her night cheese.

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

CARLOS (SUNDANCE CHANNEL)

THE PACIFIC (HBO)

PILLARS OF THE EARTH (STARZ)

TEMPLE GRANDIN (HBO)

YOU DON’T KNOW JACK (HBO) 

Our vote: Let it show that The Pacific is all kinds of awesome.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

HAYLEY ATWELL PILLARS OF THE EARTH

CLAIRE DANES TEMPLE GRANDIN

JUDI DENCH RETURN TO CRANFORD

ROMOLA GARAI EMMA

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT THE CLIENT LIST 

Our vote: You must be joking. Dame Judi, of course.

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

IDRIS ELBA LUTHER

IAN MCSHANE PILLARS OF THE EARTH

AL PACINO YOU DON’T KNOW JACK

DENNIS QUAID THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

EDGAR RAMIREZ CARLOS 

Our vote: Al Pacino is spectactular. That is all.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

HOPE DAVIS THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

JANE LYNCH GLEE

KELLY MACDONALD BOARDWALK EMPIRE

JULIA STILES DEXTER

SOFIA VERGARA MODERN FAMILY 

Our vote: Jane Lynch for Glee. She's like the wicked witch and we love it. Glee writers have a surprising catalogue of Matthew Morrison hair jokes.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

SCOTT CAAN HAWAII FIVE-O

CHRIS COLFER GLEE

CHRIS NOTH THE GOOD WIFE

ERIC STONESTREET MODERN FAMILY

DAVID STRATHAIRN TEMPLE GRANDIN 

Our vote: Chris Colfer for Glee. He's almost made us cry more than a few times.

Check back shortly for the full list of winners in both the Film and Television categories.